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Active Volcanoes
YGK These Active Volcanoes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Type of volcano for Mount Erebus | stratovolcano |
| Location of Mount Erebus | Ross Island, Antarctica |
| Southernmost active volcano in the world | Mount Erebus |
| Mythological origin of the name Mount Erebus | Primordial personification of darkness (Greek) |
| Name of the northeast slope of Mount Erebus | Fang Ridge |
| Unique feldspar pieces produced by Mount Erebus | Erebus crystals |
| Details of the 1979 Air New Zealand disaster | Jet crashed into Mount Erebus, killing 257 people |
| Location of Mount Etna | Eastern Sicily |
| Monster trapped under Mount Etna by Zeus | Typhon |
| God who kept his forges under Mount Etna | Hephaestus |
| Sicilian town overlooked by Mount Etna | Catania |
| The large depression on the side of Mount Etna | Valle del Bove (Valley of the Ox) |
| The "Three Holy Mountains" of Japan | Mount Fuji, Mount Haku, and Mount Tate |
| Artist of "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji" | Katsushika Hokusai |
| Popular name for the Aokigahara forest on Mount Fuji | Suicide Forest |
| Type of volcano for Kilauea | shield volcano |
| Meaning of "Kilauea" in Hawaiian | spewing or spreading |
| Home of the fire goddess Pele | Kilauea |
| The three primary craters of Kilauea | Halemaʻumaʻu, Puʻu, and Puʻu ʻOʻo |
| Plain of dried lava and ash on Kilauea | Kaʻu Desert |
| Location of Krakatoa | Sunda Strait (between Sumatra and Java) |
| Three peaks of Krakatoa prior to 1883 | Perboewatan, Rakata, and Danan |
| Significance of the 1883 Krakatoa eruption sound | Believed to be the loudest sound ever produced |
| New island formed by Krakatoa in 1927 | Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatoa) |
| Most massive above-sea volcano on Earth | Mauna Loa |
| Difference between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea | Mauna Loa is the most massive; Mauna Kea is the tallest (dormant) |
| Reason the 1942 Mauna Loa eruption was not reported | The U.S. government gagged the press (post-Pearl Harbor) |
| Global effect of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption | Global temperature dropped nearly 1°F due to aerosols/sulfuric acid |
| Lake created by monsoon rains in the Pinatubo crater | Lake Pinatubo |
| Indigenous group granted domain over Mount Pinatubo in 2010 | Aeta people |
| Highest peak in the Cascades and Washington state | Mount Rainier |
| Glacier on Mount Rainier used to track climate change | Nisqually Glacier |
| Largest glacier by area in the contiguous U.S. | Emmons Glacier |
| Most devastating volcanic eruption in U.S. history | Mount Saint Helens (May 1980) |
| Innkeeper who famously refused to evacuate Mount Saint Helens | Harry Truman |
| National Forest surrounding Mount Saint Helens | Gifford Pinchot National Forest |
| Only active volcano on mainland Europe | Mount Vesuvius |
| Roman cities buried by Vesuvius in AD 79 | Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae |
| Author of the only surviving eyewitness accounts of Vesuvius's AD 79 eruption | Pliny the Younger |
| Reason the 1908 Summer Olympics moved from Rome to London | Surprise eruption of Mount Vesuvius |
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